AMS-02 data confront acceleration of cosmic ray secondaries in nearby sources

We revisit the model proposed earlier to account for the observed increase in the positron fraction in cosmic rays with increasing energy, in the light of new data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment. The model accounts for the production and acceleration of secondary electrons...

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Main Authors: Mertsch, P, Sarkar, S
Format: Journal article
Published: American Physical Society 2014